In a meeting with FEMA staff, David Richardson said he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season. Two staff ...

President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly floated the idea of terminating the emergency disaster agency.

Acting FEMA Director David Richardson told staff in an all-hands meeting that he was unaware hurricane season had started, ...

An official from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, said he meant the comment as a joke.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said David Richardson, who has no previous disaster management experience, was ...

A spokesperson said that David Richardson, acting administrator of FEMA as of early May, was joking. During the briefing, ...

David Richardson’s comment to staff that he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season was meant in jest, the ...

FEMA is dismissing recent reports that its acting administrator was unaware of hurricane season, calling David Richardson's ...

The timing of the supposed joke, however, remains questionable as hurricane season in the United States just began this week ...

The remark was made during a briefing by David Richardson, who has led FEMA since early May. The U.S. hurricane season ...

During a Monday briefing with staff, FEMA Administrator David Richardson reportedly said he hadn't been aware the U.S. has a ...

FEMA's new chief David Richardson left staff confused after saying during a briefing that he didn’t know the US had a ...